[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 183 (Thursday, November 9, 2017)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1199-D1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 2099, to provide for the management by the 
Secretary of Agriculture of certain Federal land.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Glen R. Smith, of Iowa, to be a 
Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, who was introduced by 
Senators Grassley and Ernst, and Stephen Alexander Vaden, of Tennessee, 
to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, who was 
introduced by Senators Alexander and Corker, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Robert H. McMahon, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, R. D. James, of Missouri, who was introduced by Senator 
Blunt, and Bruce D. Jette, of Virginia, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Army, and Shon J. Manasco, of Texas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, who was introduced by Senator 
Cruz, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Robert Behler, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of 
Operational Test and Evaluation, Thomas B. Modly, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of the Navy, and James F. Geurts, of Pennsylvania, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy, all of the Department of 
Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Ernest W. Dubester, of 
Virginia, Colleen Kiko, of North Dakota, and James Thomas Abbott, of 
Virginia, each to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, 
and Jonathan H. Pittman, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court 
of the District of Columbia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Gregory G. Katsas, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey Uhlman 
Beaverstock, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Alabama, Emily Coody Marks, and Brett Joseph Talley, both 
to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Alabama, Holly Lou Teeter, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Kansas, and Bobby L.

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Christine, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Georgia, and David J. Freed, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Pennsylvania, both of the Department of Justice.